Re: desktop icons very slow in showing themselves after updates

Thanks Elmo, I shall backup the PC then try it. Not sure what the action to
the right of that one is for and will that also happen. I am happy with the
layout of the icons.
Each line has two 'fixes', I asum eis one is independent, one downloads the
contents of a cell, not a box.
Steve

"Elmo" <elmogeek@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Steve wrote:
Hi, I have done a PC rebuild, started with WinXPhome then loaded on SP2,
followed by all my progs, rebooting after each important install.
Basically I know what I am doing ! This is not my first by any means.
Everything slick and fast, close a prog and desktop icons appear
instantly. Then came the time for the Msoft updates having loaded on as
many progs as poss before needing to do the internet connection thing,
installed BitDefender and mailwasher, set up all my defenses, then
connected up and did the updates, I did these in stages because for the
first build I ok'd the entire lot, all except IE7, and found afterwards
that the desktop icons were all the same image of a white square, each
one showing its correct appearance and all redrawn after a few secs.
Something in the updates had slowed this down. Despite doing it in stages
second time around and rebooting after each family were installed, they
all seemed ok, redraw slowed a little from instant to say 2secs. But then
a day later I close an app and find myself waiting several seconds before
being able to use a shortcut as they are all slowly redrawing to their
true emblems and I can't tell which is which until they do. I am not
turning the clocks back yet again and dumping a backup on prior to the
updates, then trying each one in turn with a reboot and an hours PC'ing
to see which one is at fault, there are loads of them as mentioned, it
would take days to do.

Just how do I overcome this one? Sitting and waiting for screen icons to
redraw properly on what is a newly rebuilt PC with a fast system and SATA
HD's is silly.

Steve

Maybe this?

Line 121. Increase Icon Cache
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm

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Joe =o)


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